ISBN 0800631331 Gordon Lathrop's book, Holy People: A Liturgical Ecclesiology, voices fresh thoughts in the sometimes cacophonous conversations about contemporary ecclesiology. Holy People is a reflection on the meaning of "church," working from the conviction that the church's identity arises from the One the church worships -- the Triune God.
The book is divided into three parts: "A People: Church in Liturgical Perspective"; "One People: Liturgy and Church Unity"; and "Holy People: Liturgical Assemblies Amid Earth's People."
Lathrop begins at the table, using the characteristics of the Eucharist as the necessary characteristic of a liturgical assembly. One such characteristic is humility. "Just as we are beggars at the supper, hands out for the gift of Christ, so also we...
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